Enter your code in the ‘Enter Code’ section of the start menu. This will unlock VR content within the app.

Once you enter the VR main menu, the additional VR content will begin downloading and a download progress bar will be shown. We recommend downloading this content over Wi-Fi as the files are large (~35MB).

Enter and exit rooms

To enter a room from the VR main menu, aim at the room icon and either hover over it for 3 seconds or press your VR headset trigger. When you aim at the room icon, a blue circle will start rotating to indicate that you are aiming at it.

In order to exit a room, aim at the exit icon and either hover over it for 3 seconds or press your VR headset trigger. Depending on which room you were in, you should appear in either the Main Menu or Courses Menu.

Calibrate phone with headset

Note: This is only required if you have a mobile VR headset which you cannot manually adjust the focus for. For example, with the Merge VR, you can move the lens positions manually so you can skip this step.

If your experience is a bit blurry, you can sync your phone to your headset for a higher quality immersive experience. This allows you to change the focus through software instead of hardware.

Download the official ‘Google Cardboard’ app from Google (Android, iPhone)

Most VR headsets come with a QR code on the side that looks something like this:

Open the Google Cardboard app and scan the QR code (take a picture of it). Your device will automatically calibrate itself for the headset and the VR experience is optimised for your phone’s specifications.

VR app features

Speech analysis

This feature is available in the Conference Room, Meeting Room and several course rooms.

Make sure you are connected to the internet

Enter the room and look down to see the ‘Analyse’ button.

Hover over the Analyse button and then look up and hover over ‘Begin’ to start the voice analysis.

Speak for 1 minute or more (the longer you speak, the more accurate the results are).

When you’ve finished your speech, look down and hover over ‘Stop’.

Look up and your voice analysis will be shown in front of you.

To listen to your speech, hover over the ‘Play’ button. To save it and listen to it later, hover over ‘Save’. You can access these saved voice recordings in the 'Slides, Progress and Recordings' room. Voice recordings are only stored locally on your device. You can store a maximum of five speeches. New saved speeches after this will override old saved speeches.

Upload your own slides

Connect your mobile to your computer and change USB for charging to USB for File Transfer on your mobile

Go to the internal storage of your mobile and open the VirtualSpeech folder which is created the first time you run the app (Note: If you do not see the VirtualSpeech folder on your PC after connecting your mobile to it, restart your mobile and the file should appear or create the folder manually)

Copy the PDF(s) into the VirtualSpeech folder

View your PDF in the virtual scene and cycle through the slides using the VR headset trigger button or hovering over the Next / Previous buttons

> With an email attachment

Save your presentation as a PDF document

Email the PDF attachment to yourself

Open the email and press on the PDF attachment

Select Open with VirtualSpeech

View your PDF in the virtual scene and cycle through the slides using the VR headset trigger button or hovering over the Next / Previous buttons

Put on your Oculus Go and approve the permission to share files between your Go and the computer

Back on your computer, copy the PDF(s) into the VirtualSpeech folder which now appears in the Go folder (which is created the first time you run the VirtualSpeech app). Note: If the VirtualSpeech folder does not appear for you, add a new folder called "VirtualSpeech" (in the same location as folders called Alarms, Android, DCIM, etc.) and put your PDF in there.

View your PDF in the virtual scene and cycle through the slides using the Go hand controller

Click on the VirtualSpeech app and drag your PDF(s) into the Virtual Speech Documents section

View your PDF in the virtual scene and cycle through the slides using the VR headset trigger button or hovering over the Next / Previous buttons

> Without iTunes (with an email attachment)

Save your presentation as a PDF document

Email the PDF attachment to yourself

Open the email and press and hold the PDF attachment

Select the Copy to VirtualSpeech option

View your PDF in the virtual scene and cycle through the slides using the VR headset trigger button or hovering over the Next / Previous buttons

To change your slides within the app, hover over the 'Next' or 'Previous' buttons and either wait 3 seconds, or press your VR headset trigger. You can also hover over the slide and press your device trigger to change to the next slide.

Change slides with the navigation buttons below the slide.

Note: Small fonts can be hard to read in VR - we recommend using 24 point as the minimum size.

Uploading multiple presentations to the app

If you have uploaded multiple presentations to the app, you can choose which one is loaded into the virtual room. To do this, enter the 'Slides, Progress and Recordings' room, press the 'Presentations' button and pick the presentation you want to practice with.

Feedback statistics

Hover over the 'Slides, Progress and Recordings' room in the main menu to enter the room.

Hover over either the Awards, Recordings, Progress or Presentations button, depending on what you want to see.

The Awards section displays any awards you have won within the app:

Marathoner - Practice for at least 15 minutes straight

Chief Analyst - Use the voice analyse feature several times

Pro Trainer - Use the courses frequently

The Epic - Use the app for 1 hour or more

Stats Surfer - Visit the stats room several times

Master Linguist - Use the app for 3 hours or more

The Progress section shows progress you’re making with the Analyse feature.

The Recordings section lets you listen to a saved speech. Note: speeches must be 15 seconds or more to be recorded and only 5 speeches can be saved at a time.

The Presentations section is where you can select a presentation you have uploaded. When the presentation is selected, it will appear in the virtual rooms with you (e.g. on the left wall in the Meeting Room).

Screen casting

This feature is available with the Oculus Go headset. Cast your headset screen to your mobile device, so that other people can view what you are seeing.

In summary: Pull up the Oculus Go menu while in VR (bottom button on your hand controller) and select "Cast." This will send a push notification to your companion mobile device. As long as both the headset and your phone or tablet are on the same WIFI network, you'll get a notification which enables streaming.

Select the 'Cast' option from the 'Sharing' menu (shown in the red box above), press the 'Start' headset casting option, then enter the VirtualSpeech app.